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Retired English aristocrats invented the Riviera here, and painters and filmmakers followed the light. Behind the promenade sits a working port with sharper edges. Romain Gary's Promise at Dawn remembers his Nice childhood; Anthony Zimmer plots through it. Open Nice on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 1 book, 22 movies and 1 game set in Nice.

Promise at Dawn
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary one of the most…

The Finishers
Julien 17 is wheelchair-bound due to cerebral palsy. Despite their love for him his family is gradually falling apart under the strain of dealing with his disability. In a bid to bond with his father Julien challenges…

About Nice
What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Côte d'Azur especially its wealthy inhabitants.

Anthony Zimmer
In Paris the international police force and the Russian mafia are chasing Anthony Zimmer an intelligent man responsible for laundry of dirty money in France. Zimmer had extensive plastic surgery and his new face and…

Double Team
A CIA agent is interned for failing to kill an international terrorist. Escaping from his island exile he teams up with a flamboyant arms dealer and sets out to find the terrorist and rescue the agent's family. Together…

Madonna: Blond Ambition World Tour Live
Blond Ambition World Tour Live contains the final tour date recorded in Nice France. The release had previously been shown and produced by American network HBO as a television special. In 1992 the LaserDisc release won…

Omar Killed Me
In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. Despite a lack of forensic or…

The Specialists
While being transferred to another prison two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape. They are pursued across the Verdon Gorge before arriving at an isolated farmhouse whose owner…

Too Shy to Try
Pierre is a hotel cashier in Vichy so shy that he answers an ad from the Psychology Institute and can't say no to the salesman Aldo; he spends 6000 francs on tapes books and a punching bag. Soon after he's smitten by…

The Italian
Dino Fabrizzi is the number one seller of the Maserati dealership in Nice. At 42 he arrives at a turning point in his life the position of director is openly proposed and his companion for a year Helen has the firm…
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